Re-configuration task in vSphere Replication fails with error:"http://127.0.0.1:9286/sdk invocation failed with "java.net.SocketTimeoutException: 30,000 milliseconds timeout on connection http-outgoing-30 [ACTIVE]""

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

vSphere Replication re-configuration fails with time out error.

drconfig.log

error drconfig[02617] [SRM@6876 sub=Default opID=388141c9-####-443a-####-d6b1150919a1-validateConnection] Failed to send response to the client
--> N7Vmacore11IOExceptionE System exception while transmitting HTTP Response:
--> error id = 32

Environment

VMware vSphere Replication 8.X

Cause

An incorrect DNS entry in vSphere Replication was causing the connection to time out before the reconfiguration tasks could complete.

Resolution

Delete the invalid DNS entry and re-configure the vSphere Replication.

Follow below steps to change DNS Servers details via VRMS cli:

Get the list of DNS servers.
netmgr dns_servers --get

Remove a specified DNS server from the list of DNS servers.
netmgr dns_servers --del --servers <server>

Additional Information

Photon Network Manager Commands to update Hostname/IP Address/DNS in SRM & vSphere replication Link: